Buenas!

[shikatoi]

Hey Marina, Nick, Komrades!!.. My move to Costa Rica ran short, and I'm back in L.A. temporarily. It was just amazing down there, the people, the food, the weather and warm water.. Houses on the beach under 200/month, rainforests and waterfalls to jump and swim in, travellers from around the world.. One month and I'm sold.. I'm trying to get a ticket back, a town called Montezuma is where I ended up setting foot. Selling paintings and massages on the beach, sleeping in a hammoc and eating bananas when times are tough..

I see there's a show in Torrance on my birthday? Maybe I can get down there, it'd be cool to see ya before I ship out again.. and great news on the New York shows, I'll add them up to the calendar at Curious Culture.com for my east coast friends.

Take Care!
David

[James]

Welcome back, David! OMG, Costa Rica. It sounds like paradise!
Do you have any pictures from Costa Rica?

[Nick]

Wow! Costa Rica sounds awesome. Someday, we'll get out that way. I would love to see the rainforest. Do you have any pics?

[shikatoi]

sadly, my digicam busted on the plane.. I bought a junky $5 camera, but the photos came out dark and I don't have a scanner.. But I'm headed back in 2 weeks with my prof. 35mm this time to document it the right way.

Here's the Portgugese Manowar that got me.. supposedly their venom is 75 times that of a Cobra snake.. for me it was a shot in the bum, a spoonful of home remedy, and 4 hours of the worst pain in my life, and now soon to be my next tattoo, right over the scars..
http://www.hut.fi/~kmmusto2/pics/australia2001/manowar.jpg

Here is Montezuma, the town I fell in love with.. just a few miles away are some nice houses for under 200US a month, on the beach.. Great food, amazing people, easy to make a living selling paintings and massages in town..
http://www.bikedoll.de/Radreisen/Amerika/Costa_Rica/CR_02_Montezuma_m.jpg


and this site has good pics of the waterfalls just a short hike away.. some even have a 12 meter tall jump!!
http://www.playamontezuma.net/waterfalls1.php

[marina]

David, this is so amazing... thank you for sharing smile.gif
love,
m smile.gif
happy upcoming birthday smile.gif

[marina]

p.s. sorry about the manowar encounter smile.gif

[Erik B]

David,

Alright..... How am I suppose to work if all I keep dreaming about is figuring a way to live in Costa Rica. I have about two feet of snow outside and a 9-5 gig I just want to melt away.

Thanks for the links and the pictures. I'll will have to live vicariously through you.

-Erik

[James]

Originally posted by Erik B:
David,

Alright..... How am I suppose to work if all I keep dreaming about is figuring a way to live in Costa Rica. I have about two feet of snow outside and a 9-5 gig I just want to melt away.

Thanks for the links and the pictures. I'll will have to live vicariously through you.

-Erik I think he got all of us dreaming about Costa Rica! I think everyone on this messageboard will have to wait for more pics!!! Can't wait! Thanks, David!

[Nicole]

Lol i have to agree with you there James... I wanna be in Costa Rica now... or anywhere besides anaheim at least hehe... and the pic was soooo pretty... i wanna go :( lol

[Lindsey]

Costa Rica sounds amazing. I have never been out of the U.S... Im hoping to visit Italy this summer with my parents but, who knows?

[Nicole]

that's awesome, hope you get to go on your trip ^.^ hehe and hope you have fun if you do.

[larisa_northernlad]

Originally posted by Nicole:
Lol i have to agree with you there James... I wanna be in Costa Rica now... or anywhere besides anaheim at least hehe... and the pic was soooo pretty... i wanna go :( lol is anaheim really that bad, I think it sounds like a neat place to live. Apparently you haven't been here.. :rolleyes: ..lol!..

[larisa_northernlad]

Originally posted by shikatoi:
Hey Marina, Nick, Komrades!!.. My move to Costa Rica ran short, and I'm back in L.A. temporarily. It was just amazing down there, the people, the food, the weather and warm water.. Houses on the beach under 200/month, rainforests and waterfalls to jump and swim in, travellers from around the world.. One month and I'm sold.. I'm trying to get a ticket back, a town called Montezuma is where I ended up setting foot. Selling paintings and massages on the beach, sleeping in a hammoc and eating bananas when times are tough..

:eek: ..massages, bananas,sleeping in a hammoc..thats really nice!...do you paint the paintings that you sell?

[ February 18, 2004, 12:38 PM: Message edited by: larisa_northernlad ]

[shikatoi]

I sure do! I even handmake the frames and all.. Sort of like a Japanese bamboo scroll.

[larisa_northernlad]

oh really!!..i paint also, for a couple of years now!..i'm interested..what kind of paintng do you do?..i really enjoy hearing and seeing other peoples art work!

[ February 22, 2004, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: larisa_northernlad ]

[James]

I saw some of David's (shikatoi's) work on his site http://www.curiousculture.com
It is really cool. His photography, pencil work are just awesome.

Larisa - what kind of art do you do? Do you have any scanned work to post here? Would be cool to see!

[larisa_northernlad]

that is really really good David..wow i'm impressed!..ok yea I will share some of mine..drawings and piantings, but their not as nearly as good as david's!....sorry if thier kinda dark to see
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/painting.bmp
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/fairy.jpg
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/b6b42d33.jpg
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/000_1638.jpg

and because i love picasso so much..i remastered one of his paintings... http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/6b38fb99.jpg

[James]

These are so cool!!! Is it Tori in 2 of them?
I love the whole fairy theme

[larisa_northernlad]

thanks james!yeah thats tori in two of those smile.gif ...and yeah faerys are just beautiful...i love to do them!

[shikatoi]

I really like the picasso one, Larisa! And I was just about to ask if that was Tori in your avatar, but i guess it is.. smile.gif

I just painted a few more this week, maybe I can get a photo of them up soon. Too bad my dig-cam broke.. :(

[larisa_northernlad]

thanks you guys!!..well I would love to see more of your work shikatoi!!..what kind of camera do you use to take your pictures???

[James]

Would love to see some more of your work, Shikatoi! and more of yours, Larisa, if you have them scanned. You guys are so talented!
James

[larisa_northernlad]

hey how are you guys?
heres just a little more.. smile.gif

http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/000_1883.jpg
http://img11.photobucket.com/albums/v34/nothern_lad/000_1882.jpg

..yea i don't have that much as i used to,cause alot of my good work got stolen in H.S :( ...these are all new ones from my college..including the previous ones above!

[James]

Larisa, these 2 are truly fantastic! You are very diverse. Thank you for posting them here.

[James]

P.S. Sorry your other work got stolen in school. Hopefully, you will be drawing a whole lot more!
You are very talented.

[larisa_northernlad]

Thanks James!..you are a very sweet person.. :D

[Nicole]

anaheim isn't really all that bad.. i mean common it's the home of disneyland! lol... nah i've just been in anaheim my entire life and i'm ready for a change is all hehe.

[Nicole]

wow you're an awesome artist... I love the pic with the fairy and the one with the unicorn in it. And i'm sorry to hear that your work was stolen.. that sux me sorry. but keep up the great work!

[larisa_northernlad]

working on one...soon to be shared.. :D